On 18 June 2019 Ethiopia Observer published “Hawassa — a city in a state of disorder,” linking the Sidama autonomy campaign to daily violence that left other southern ethnic communities fearful in the lakeside capital.
The outlet described attacks on Wolayita and other groups, threats against traders, and weak law enforcement after the zone administration’s statehood vote, arguing that self-rule demands could not excuse assaults on neighbours.
Kept as urban-politics archive, the Observer essay dates mid-2019 reporting on Hawassa’s Sidama-statehood violence and civic disorder.
Sources: Ethiopia Observer